Mimosa pudica, Dionaea muscipula and anesthetics

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1163-1167

  De Luccia, Thiago Paes de Barros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Dionaea muscipula; Ether; Lidocaine; Mimosa pudica

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETHER; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; DROSERACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MIMOSA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOUCH;

AMLODIPINE; ANESTHETICS; DROSERACEAE; ETHER, ETHYL; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MIMOSA; MOVEMENT; PLANT LEAVES; TOUCH;

DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA;

EID: 84866459258     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.21000     Document Type: Article

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